Confession #1: I love reading a good blog traffic report or blog income report. I find them to be educational and inspirational. I especially love the ones that go really in-depth about what they have been doing that gets results versus the thing they tried that fell flat. My favorite person to go to is Pat Flynn over at Smart Passive Income. His income reports are amazing!

Confession 2: Although I love reading other people’s traffic and income reports,

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A few weekends ago, I was given the opportunity to attend an event called Arkansas Women Bloggers University. I had attended the event the previous year, and it was a highly enjoyable and intense experience, so I was thoroughly looking forward to being able to attend this year. However, my finances were not cooperating (the stubborn thing that it is, lol). I was hoping that I would get a last minute freelance project that would cover the costs.

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The time is now 3:15 am Central time and I am still awake. Why? Because I was watching a Google+ hangout that is all about creating a freelance business plan. This hangout was hosted by the FABULOUS Regina, owner of ByRegina, which is…to put it bluntly…amazeballs! Seriously! I dare you to check out an article, any article, and not get sucked in. Well, not even 20 minutes into the hangout,

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I first started blogging in September of 2010. When I wrote my first post I had about a month left before Christian was scheduled to arrive (little did I know that he would arrive nearly 2 weeks early – you can read about his early arrival here) and my intention was for my blog to be a sort of online diary. A place for me to come and write out my thoughts,

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This is going to be a quick one. I participated in the Biannual Blogathon bash this year. The first two days were great. I completed some challenges, spent 12 hours working on my blog, and learned quite a bit. However, Saturday night my son started vomiting, and hours later, so did I. The stomach  virus made its way into our house. Bah! And it was not pleasant. Even now, I feel horrible. Hence the brevity.

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